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Timon princeps

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Timon princeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Timon
Species:
T. princeps
Binomial name
Timon princeps
(Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta princeps
    Blanford, 1874
  • Timon princeps
    Mayer & Bischoff, 1996
Illustration of T. princeps, by G.H. Ford, from Blanford (1876).

Timon princeps, commonly called the Siirt lizard or the Zagrosian lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Geographic range

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Timon princeps is native to southwestern Iran (central Zagros Mountains near Shiraz), northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, and southeastern Turkey.[2]

Reproduction

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T. princeps is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Pierre-André Crochet, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avci (2009). "Timon princeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164629A5913265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164629A5913265.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Species Timon princeps at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading

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  • Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistán". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 14: 31–35. (Lacerta princeps, new species, p. 31). (in English and Latin).
  • Blanford WT (1876). Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870–71–72. Vol. II. Zoology and Geology. Published by the Authority of the Government of India. London: Macmillan and Co. viii + 516 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Lacerta princeps, pp. 364–367 + Plate XXIV).
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Lacerta princeps, pp. 18–19).
  • Mayer, Werner; Bischoff, Wolfgang (1996). "Beiträge zur taxonomischen Revision der Gattung Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Tiel 1: Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon und Teira als eigenständige Gattungen [Contributions to the taxonomic revision of the genus Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Part 1: Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon and Teira as full genera]". Salamandra 32 (3): 163–170. (Timon princeps, new combination, p. 169). (in German, with an abstract in English).